John Forde

John negotiates and drafts building and engineering contracts and professional appointments. He has particular experience in advising on the use of the PPC2000 Alliance Contract suite, and has worked extensively with the PPC2000 Project Partnering Contract and the TAC-1 Term Alliance Contract. He has experience in advising social landlords and private sector contractors on innovative contractual strategies such as joint venture and subsidiary models, use of open-book pricing and incentives, and engagement with the supply chain. In recent years, John has become one of the firm's experts on the Building Safety Act 2022 and related legislation, and advises public and private sector clients on the implementation of the new building control regime imported by those laws.

John also advises on public sector procurement in relation to public sector asset management programmes and developments, and also advises on landlords' leaseholder consultation obligations in relation to public sector procurement exercises. He has particular experience advising on procurement of long-term alliancing arrangements, framework arrangements, strategic alliance agreements, supply chain agreements, and use of competitive dialogues in public tendering exercises.

John is a frequent speaker at construction industry conferences and events, and regularly presents training programmes on the Building Safety Act and effective contract management. He publishes frequently in "Construction Manager" magazine and Trowers' "Quarterly Housing Update" and is the author of the "Construction Contracts" chapter in Atkin's Court Forms (2nd edition) published in 2019.